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From: "kelly family" <>
Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] RE Napa State Hospital
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:35:13 -0700
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Evalou
This is great I think my problem was mostly DeWitt State hospital was
closed and so I had to talk to the person that archives the medical records
and then the State of course which will not let you into the archives. I am
so glad other facilities may be different for other people and thank you for
sharing your knowlegde of Napa. My medical records that I was looking for
went back to the 50's. The person I was reasearching had been in the system
for thirty five years...I did finally find where she was buried without a
head stone but I would have like to know her history since i have children
and would like them to know their great grandmothers medical history. I
think it belongs to them. I don't know if anyone else has found ways to get
around this system but I would love to figure it out.
LuLu
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Subject: [CASANFRA] RE Napa State Hospital


>
> I did quite a bit of Research at Napa State Hospital until last year.
> Medical Information can be obtained if you get a letter from your doctor
> stating the information is needed for genetic purposes.
> Otherwise, medical information is difficult and or impossible to get. More
> easy to get if the patient died there as a death certificate would be
available
> and they are more inclined to give information regarding a death and or
> burial. I only found two instances where they was no death certificate
registered.
> As in so many other things, a lot depends on who you contact. I would
suggest
> the Medical Records Department.
>
> All graves and cremated remains were removed from the Hospital grounds in
> 1963 (date is approx.) and they were all put into a common grave at Napa
Valley
> Memorial Park Cemetery, 2383 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA 94558.
> Although the grave does not have names on it the office of the cemetery
does
> have a list of who is in the common grave. About 5,000 remains are in that

> grave. The list is not in Alphabetic order so it may take them some time
(a
> couple of days) to check for the name.
> Don't give up hope at finding information at Napa State Hospital as I was
> quite successful doing volunteer lookups (by phone) with that facility.
> Evalou
>
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